Chapter 524: Setting Off to Pan for Gold

After the etiquette, the two chatted for a while, but the two used Oroqen language, so Wang An and the three didn't know what they were saying.

After chatting, Grandpa Kuma introduced both sides and let Wang An and the three call this middle-aged man Uncle Batu.

Immediately after, Grandpa Kuma directly stated the purpose.

However, this time, in order to avoid the kind of thing that happened in the Heishan Brigade before, Wang An asked about the price of the horses in advance.

Of course, he asked about the price of four or five-year-old trained horses. Uncle Batu was very honest and directly quoted 500 yuan per horse.

And Uncle Batu, looking at Grandpa Kuma's face, also gave Wang An and the three a mountain goat each.

To be honest, this made Wang An and the three feel very embarrassed.

As they spoke, the group walked towards the horse farm of the Qingshangou Brigade.

The horse farm of the Qingshangou Brigade is completely different from the horse farm of the Heishan Brigade.

Because the horse farm of the Qingshangou Brigade is a large meadow, the number of trees is not only very small, but there are no big trees.

Places like this meadow are actually wetlands, and many are even swamps.

Without exception, beside or in the middle of every meadow, there will be a small stream or a small river passing through.

Although big trees don't grow, various smaller plants grow quite lushly every summer.

It must be said that if such a place is used to raise animals, it is absolutely a very perfect place.

And places like this, Kaoshan Tuntun also has a few.

So Wang An looked at this place thoughtfully, but in his heart, he was thinking about the time when Kaoshan Tuntun contracted out the meadows.

Wang An remembers that in his past life, the meadows of Kaoshan Tuntun were contracted to the Tuntun residents, starting at 50 years, but the Tuntun residents reclaimed the meadows into farmland.

One should know that the price of grain is quite stable, so the matter of farming didn't hear of anyone getting rich by farming.

It is mainly because in a year of harvest, grain is worthless and no one wants it, and when grain is valuable, it must be a year of some kind of disaster, leading to a reduction in grain production.

To be honest, in this situation, it is simply like a curse, firmly controlling the income of the Tuntun residents.

Just as Wang An was looking at this large meadow, with his head full of wild thoughts, one after another whistle sounds rang out.

For giving orders to horses or animals, the most important thing is to let the horses or other animals listen; things like these might be what Oroqen people are good at.

Therefore, it was basically the same as the Heishan Brigade; after Uncle Batu gathered the horse herd, Wang An also let Uncle Batu help pick the horses.

And Uncle Batu, upon hearing this, was just stunned, and without saying anything, drilled into the horse herd.

The number of horses in the Qingshangou Brigade is about half less than that of the Heishan Brigade, about 100 horses, but in terms of quality, it is not inferior at all.

After picking the horses and returning to Qingshangou to pay, Wang An and the three declined Uncle Batu's request to stay for dinner, and tied the six horses to the crossbeam at the back of the carriage.

Immediately after, Uncle Batu caught three mountain goats and put them on the carriage; Wang An couldn't refuse and had to accept them.

When Wang An and the three returned, passing by the county supply and marketing cooperative, Wang An and the three bought a lot of things. Of course, besides the things to bring into the mountains, there were also some daily necessities for the family.

After buying things, the three continued to walk towards home.

Two days later, the Wu Dong group arrived as scheduled.

It was just that what Wang An didn't expect was that Sun Nian also came.

To be honest, besides seeing Sun Nian's big white butt, Wang An didn't know Sun Nian. Because although the two had worked together because of tiger hunting, so far, the two hadn't said a few words.

So seeing Sun Nian, it genuinely made Wang An stunned for a moment; it was mainly because during this gold panning, Wang An had never thought of bringing her along from beginning to end.

Of course, the matter of Wang An not thinking of bringing Sun Nian was also known to the Wu Dong four and Zhang Shuya.

Because at the beginning, Wang An emphasized the names of the 9 people entering the mountains, and never mentioned Sun Nian's name, and Sun Nian's work hadn't been transferred to DJ County, but had been working in Bingcheng.

But at this moment, Sun Nian appeared!

This made Wang An's heart feel as awkward as if a thorn had been stuck in it.

Although for a gold mine, there is no difference between having one more person and ten more people, because just relying on these few people, they might not be able to finish mining this mine in hundreds of years.

But this thing is afraid of people knowing!

However, with Wang An's temperament, it wouldn't reach the point of losing his composure, and he greeted and chatted with everyone as usual.

Just when Wang An always felt that having one more Sun Nian would cause a lot of trouble, Zhang Shuya secretly called Wang An to the side and explained the origin of the matter.

The reason is that Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian had a very good relationship, having grown up together since childhood, and could be said to be inseparable.

Most importantly, in the matter of the forbidden area, Sun Nian's grandfather contributed quite a bit, and when dealing with Xing Liwen, although Sun Xianghuo didn't seem very helpful on the surface, he actually didn't fail in the matter.

And Zhang Shuya's meaning was that Sun Nian is a person who can be absolutely trusted.

Hearing Zhang Shuya's explanation, Wang An finally dispelled the unhappiness in his heart.

Let's be honest, as long as the secret of the gold mine is not leaked, having one or a few more people is actually irrelevant.

After finishing packing and waiting for a while, Feng Chengmin rode over on a horse.

Without delay, 10 people and 20 horses walked towards YJ County.

The reason it was 10 people and 20 horses was because this time the time in the mountains was relatively long, so everyone rode one horse and led one horse.

And the horse that everyone led mainly served to carry things; of course, these things were the materials needed after entering the mountains.

Besides luggage, it was mainly grain and food, as well as tools like iron shovels, spades, axes, and pickaxes.

Besides these, there were some medicines; of course, bullets and grenades were also indispensable.

And this time when Wu Dong came, besides the 81-style rifles each of the 6 of them carried, they also brought one for each of Wang An and the 4 Feng Chengmin people.

That is to say, everyone had a long and a short gun on their body.

It must be said that with this weapon equipment, no matter who they faced—any ruthless person or bandit team—they wouldn't be afraid at all.

The distance from YJ County to DJ County is not very far, about 200 li, but the distance from DJ County to JY County is very close, about sixty or seventy li.

If one wants to go to YJ County, JY County is a must-pass place; although one can take a detour, the distance will be much farther, and the roads in the mountains are genuinely not easy to walk.

In order not to attract attention, all 10 people wore hunting outfits.

However, even so, when passing by JY County, the group also attracted the attention of the local team.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 525 =====